The Birth Control I Use: Natural, Non Hormonal, Non Invasive, No Side Effects

LETS TALK BIRTH CONTROL: For the past 10 years every time someone has asked which birth control method do you use or how do you get pregnant so quickly, I always say the same thing: Natural Family Planning, and the tool I use is Natural Cycles, an FDA cleared birth control app to both help prevent and plan pregnancies.

It's a completely non-hormonal noninvasive method that has been incredibly successful to get pregnant fast three times as well as to avoid pregnancy the rest of the time. And I plan to keep using it even after I am done having kids!

Because through time and age, I have learned the effects that hormonal birth control can have and I love that with NC I am not suppressing ovulation or altering my body in any way it was designed to work.

This app basically helps me track MY exact ovulation window and day, to help me work WITH my cycle and not against it.

HOW IT WORKS:

It uses your body temperature and the app’s algorithm analyzes the fluctuations in my temperature to confirm my daily fertility status, letting me know where I’m at in my cycle.

And yes, there are many apps out there that provide you with a fertility window and ovulation day, it predicts it with your cycle length BUT fertility and ovulation isn't a one-size-fit-all, every woman is different, even every month can be different, and with NC you get personalized accuracy which can also provide you much more effective family planning and speed up the TTC stage too.

Green Day: you’re not fertile and good to go

Red Day: you’re fertile and need to use another form of protection or abstain

Also as a doula, I love to empower my clients to try this method to understand their bodies and how to support it properly through all of the hormonal changes we go through, because each phase of the cycle we need different nutrients and even activities, and by doing that we can give our bodies exactly what they need.

Because I do find a lot of women say "oh I have been trying for X months" but they aren't really trying at the right times, and with NC you can finally, take charge and conveniently, REALLY TRY when you should and speed up the process!

The NC° app is 93% effective with typical use and 98% effective with perfect use (perfect use = no unprotected sex on Red Days) which is just as effective (or even much more with perfect use) as other hormonal or invasive non hormonal BC options, without ANY side effects!

I am also planning on using it through postpartum, even before my first period, when it's extremely hard to track ovulation! Because remember, ovulation happens BEFORE your first period returns, and so by using this app, I am able to track when that is, and avoid pregnancy even through the wild postpartum / irregular period stage!

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